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Cumberland County manager briefs Town Council on ARPA spending, regional services and new regional fire‑EMS coordinator
Summary
Cumberland County Manager Jim Galey told the Cumberland Town Council on April 28 that the county has used ARPA dollars to seed regional programs including housing, food security and a new public health department, and has budgeted a new regional fire‑EMS coordinator expected to be hired this summer.
Cumberland County Manager Jim Galey told the Cumberland Town Council on April 28, 2025, that the county has directed large American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) investments to regional programs and is creating a new regional fire‑EMS coordinator position funded in the county’s current budget.
Galey said the county has used ARPA funds with an outward focus to support regional needs, calling Cumberland County “one of the more progressive counties in the state” and describing efforts to partner with towns on housing, public health, communications and emergency services. “We feel as though we’re one of the more progressive counties in the state of Maine in terms of looking forward,” Galey said.
Why it matters: Cumberland County provides services used by multiple towns (dispatch, jail, registry of deeds, public health and arena management). Large, county‑level…
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